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| 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 5.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1G1GZ11G2H Good morning people, A bit of a joy working on one of these old girls I originally cut my teeth on doing my apprenticeship in a country shop a million years ago. Before I begin, please to do not comment to toss the feedback system and or bypass. This ... |
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| 1969 Chrysler 300 7.2L windshield wipers VIN: CM27K9C282 I need help w/ repairing the short in my windshield 3 spd. wiper motor w concealed wipers. The circuit breaker inside the wiper relay trips every time the wipers are turned on. Unplug the wiper motor the relay doesn't trip. What I did find was it appears t... |
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| 2013 Dodge Dart Rallye 1.4L clutch pedal VIN: 1C3CDFBHXD Vehicle is a used car lot car and was brought in with clutch pedal would require pumping the clutch after sitting overnight. We replaced the clutch master cylinder and feed hose per tsb and also the coiled line from master cylinder to slave cylinder (leaki... |
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| 2006 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.6L Misfire VIN: 1FMEU74846 This explorer has misfires on all cylinders on bank 1. Cylinders 3 and 4 have thousands and cylinders 1 and 2 have hundreds. I have replaced coils and plugs to no avail. What should my fuel pressure be? With koeo the pressure is 56psi. With engine running ... Trouble codes: P0316 (Engine misfire detected on startup), P0300 (Random multi cylinder misfire), P2196 (O2 sensor excess rich signal bank 1 sensor 1) |
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| 2009 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMEU73E09 we have a 2010 ford explore in the shop, it used to be a goverment vehicle. it come in running fine with 16 different codes all are listed above. we have check all power and grounds disconnected multiple modules o2 sensors disconnected aux power supply use... Trouble codes: P0135, P0135, P0135, P0135, P0135, P0135 |
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| 2013 Ford Flex Limited 3.5L Ambient Temp VIN: 2FMHK6D86D Customer brought in vehicle for No A/C Operation, stated they just bought the vehicle recently. Gauge on with A/C Machine, pressures okay, recommend a A/C service + recharge. Recharged the vehicle and still no A/C clutch engagement. I jumped the A/C Clutch... |
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| 2015 Ford Transit-350 3.5L Battery light VIN: 1FTSW3XG0F Customer concern is battery light comes on almost immediately once started, scanned for codes p065B is active (Generator Control Circuit Range/Performance) alternator is charging, was recently replaced by customer with an autozone alternator, scoped the 3 ... |
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| 2008 Honda Ridgeline RTS 3.5L Abs Module VIN: 2HJYK16428 Can communication code 145-1 sets in the abs module after starting the car and driving about 2 miles, i have tested the can h and l wires and k-line voltage at the abs connector and it checks out, far as i can tell, the issue started after a new pcm was in... |
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| 2003 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4GL58K63 this jeep has or hair pulled out . came in with misfire ,started on a cylinder , then another ,and another , then back to first one, then another. after many hours - we can duplicate it in the shop , under a load , between 1500 and 2000 rpm , misfires will... Trouble codes: P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305 |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L Hesitation, Misfire Have this 560sl at the shop. Its a good customer and has been well looked after. Has new plugs, wires, cap and rotor and fuel pumps replaced. (Not for this issue just at customers request). Anyway, car will run perfect when cold, has one of the best idles ... |
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| 2001 Toyota RAV4 2.0L Cam Bearing Cap VIN: JTEHH20V01 Camshaft bearing cap with the #1 & #2 torque sequence are consistently breaking on us before torque is reached. We are following Toyota manuals for all procedures. Our info tell us the first two cap bolts are 22 ft/lbs. We have now broken 4 bolts with anot... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2013 BMW 528i xDrive 2.0L low power VIN: WBAXH5C56D Vehicle needs a turbo and an engine,Oil analysis has very heavy iron wear metals in it,plus other wear metals indicative of poor combustion. grilling the customer some more he did admit to high oil consumption,We did one last code check and in addition to list... Trouble codes: 12030, 15210, 15220, 152D0. |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ 5.3L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNFK13058 thank you all for all the replies. I pulled the trigger on ecm replacement and had it programmed. went on test drive and it didn't drop out at all right up till I was going to park it and it dropped out again in lot. so with new fpcm and new ecm the only other... Trouble codes: P0230. |
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| 2016 GMC Canyon SLT 3.6L R turn , Right low beam L PARK AND leftTAIL LIGHTS VIN: 1GTG6DE37G I am very embarrassed! So glad it was my own vehicle. I took Jeff [...]'s advice and used my 14 day free trial of Identix to search for a similar problem. I found a tech, Jarod Bruso at Aroostook Tech had 2 trucks from the same town with symptoms like mine. H... |
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| 2006 Honda Civic EX 1.8L compressor VIN: 2HGFG128X6 First, let me start by thanking all the people that replied to my post. The fix as stated in my original post car was checked by another mechanic and more than likely put power to thermo and burned the ac controls i had brought a used ac controller and still d... |
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| 2014 Nissan Titan SV 5.6L engine VIN: 1N6BA0EDXE Hello, I am going to close this with a fix as we are currently replacing the motor. Replies included ck the pcv system really well (we did), sludge buildup in the valve covers, (none noted), airbox full of rodent stuff (it wasn't), someone wondered what the ct... |
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| 2011 Ram 1500 Laramie 5.7L fuel pump VIN: 1D7RB1GT5B Thanks for all the input about this problem and I have fixed the vehicle using the well made and engineered drop in fix. Jason Bell at Vertical Visions is a qualified engineer did an outstanding job in creating this fix that is a very proper and professional r... |
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| 2015 Subaru Forester 2.5i 2.5L Transmission VIN: JF2SJAAC3F Customer has not reported back, do not know yet if he went to dealer for an attempt at doing an adaptation there. It is possible there may be some functions our tool did not support. Thanks for the help pointing me in the correct direction. As I stated in the ... |
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| 2000 Toyota Avalon XL 3.0L mode actuator VIN: 4T1BF28B9Y The mode actuator on this vehicle is on the driver side and does not require complete dash removal to access/replace it - like one reply said, just the usual contortionist methods! Thanks again. |
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